Snack-ticipation

I grocery shop once every two weeks. I get two weeks worth of meals and snacks, and then I only have to go back when we run out of milk, bread, or fresh fruit. It works pretty well in the sense that it cuts down on food costs when you always know what your options for dinner are; no last minute trips to Dominos for us. Usually. Plus, anytime I step foot into a store, I can't help but buy at least one more thing that what was on my list, so the less often I go, the better.

There is one thing that this system doesn't work so well for. Snacking.

I find that snacking is truly a mood-based activity, and I can't plan ahead for what I'm going to want to eat while I watch Burn Notice with Andrew, or force myself to fold laundry. (Don't you eat snacks and watch movies while you fold laundry?)

This last Friday, while grocery shopping, I tried to anticipate my munching needs a little bit better so that I wouldn't find myself lacking the perfect treat, whatever it was.

I bought a gallon of ice cream, a pound of beef jerky, three large bags of MnM's, two boxes of Cheese Nips, one box of animal crackers, a bag of black licorice, Jolly Ranchers, Tootsie Rolls, cinnamon bears, microwave popcorn, Doritos, two enormous boxes of Poptarts, and a couple bags of baby carrots so I wouldn't look like a jack-ass in the check-out line.

Wouldn't ya know? All I want right now are some Jalepeno Poppers.